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TVS Srichakra Looks Towards European OEMs

TVS Srichakra Limited, the largest Motorcycle tyre manufacturer in India, spent its time in Essen promoting the new expansion to its range of OTR crossply tyres. Having achieved the milestone of manufacturing 11.5 million tyres for the Motorcycle and Scooter segments, the company is working towards enhancing their brand TVS Eurogrip. Additionally the company’s display of products on Flotation, OTR and MPT showed off its New Product Development programme to a large extent.

9th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Reifen Review 2008: Wellrock Introduce MGT Machinery

Wellrock Italia of Treviso, Italy is a joint venture between the well known OTR retreader Gomme Piave and Pneusmarca. Whereas Gomme Piave focuses on OTR tyres up to 35″, the Wellrock facility, located adjacent to Gomme Piave’s plant, specialises in giant tyres for the mining sector. The plant features newly-introduced tyre manufacturing machinery from MGT, an installation that Lucio Trevisan, Wellrock’s Sales Manager says has speeded up production substantially.

Wellrock’s visit to Reifen 2008 was dedicated to spreading awareness of the brand and its products, which include both retreads – in which the company specialises – and all new radial OTR tyres. The products are produced at the twin plants in Villorba, with the Gomme Piave retreads between 20” and 35” hot cured and moulded and the Wellrock retreads from 35” to a whopping 63” hot cured with cut treads.

8th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Good Times At Goodway Rubber

Goodway Rubber has been enjoying some good times over the past few years and the message from Group CEO Mr. Tai Boon Wee is that the company’s business grew by 33 per cent in 2007.

Ms Alison Wong has recently been appointed Chief Operating Officer, having overseen what are described as “unprecedented sales” during her last two years as Managing Director. The current high price of oil is impacting negatively on all sectors of industry – notably transportation and logistics, but Alison Wong, quoted in the Goodway corporate magazine Khronicle, suggests that retreading is one way to ease this pressure. She says: “Retreading is cost-efficient as a reusable resource and value for money. We can turn this threat into an opportunity with our established reputation for premium quality retreads that consistently deliver high performance, durability and safety.”

8th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New Rugao Factory Increases Double Coin Production

China’s Double Coin – one of the country’s first manufacturers producing radial tyres – has announced that it is to increase production to six million tyres with the construction of a third factory. In producing the additional product quantity, the company hopes to meet market demand for radials, which it believes is rising.

At Reifen 2008, Double Coin reported a great deal of European interest as well as other international tyre specialists, a fact the company puts down to its greater experience in different markets, which it says has enabled the company to produce a product of increasingly high quality.

8th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Uzmai Exhibit Maitech Brand Extensions

The manufacturer behind the technical all steel radial OTR tyre brand Maitech, Uzmai presented its latest extensions to the range at Reifen 2008. The show saw the 2008 launch of the company’s new range of High Speed Crane tyres, the first being a 445/95R25 (1600R25) version, while the company showed its UM£ and UM5 ranges – suitable for wheeled loaders or articulated dumpers and loaders, dozers or terminal tractors respectively. Uzmai offers its Maitech UM3 tyres in a range of six sizes and the L5 in 23.5R25, 26.5R25 and 29.5R25, all of which follow Maitech’s all-steel radial design philosophy.

8th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Gripen Wheels Opens UK Warehouse

Swedish commercial vehicle tyre wholesale specialist, Gripen Wheels, is now well and truly up and running in the UK. Tyres & Accessories met up with UK director, Ray Coulson, during the Essen show and found out how business is progressing.

7th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Rösler Gruppe Promotes ‘Re-Manufactured’ Tyres

With a freshly renewed corporate identity in hand, the Dortmund-based Rösler Gruppe, was primarily promoting the company’s OTR retread technology in Essen. But with pioneering developments in its Zeus tyre-fill division, the company certainly has more than one string to its bow.

The Rösler Gruppe’s Schelkmann brand is a name that is associated with premium pre-cure OTR tyre retreading. At a global level, the SPR (Schelkmann-Precured-Retreading) system currently gives the company a technological lead in supplying retreads for large EM tyres (25 to 27 inches). This still relatively new technology has already won favour in the mining industry, since it is extremely reliable and guarantees an extremely high level of safety. Tyres retreaded using the SPR system are designed to hold their own against premium new tyres in terms of service life, TKPH value and payload. In addition, this method significantly reduces costs per operating hour of these tyres in comparison with new tyres and other retread methods.

7th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

BCIT Seeking European Partners for Sunew, Yellow Sea Brands

Beijing based Best Choice International Trade Co. has a presence in more than a hundred countries, and in its 13 years of business has grown into a company with an annual turnover exceeding US$40 million. At the Reifen Essen show T&A met with BCIT’s European representative, Andro Yan.

“One of the major events for us at the Reifen show is promoting our new Sunew brand,” he commented. The Sunew line-up, manufactured by the Qingdao Rubber (Group) Co., Ltd and first released last year, has initially been made available as a UHP range; 29 sizes for rim diameters between 16 and 21-inch have to date been released. According to Mr. Yan, this line-up will soon be joined by 4×4 and winter tyre ranges, and BCIT is eager to increase the brand’s profile in this part of the world. At present the company is looking for European partners, in all regions, for the Sunew product. “An introduction date for the new brand is dependent on partners, but a 2008 launch is possible,” he says.

4th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandag Delivers Strong Reifen Essen Presence in Golden Jubilee Year

For its 50th year of business Bandag delivered a strong presence at the Essen show with a sizable booth, in which was displayed the company’s latest product and technological innovations. The running of the Reifen Essen was also chosen as an opportunity to give several new Bandag released their first public airing, including the company’s new Application Specific product line featuring Bandag designed premium retread products.

Part of this range is the new BTR-WB (E), the Bandag Trailer Regional-Wide Base. A premium offering for the 3-axle trailer segment, the BTR-WB (E) is, says Bandag, the result of exhaustive testing. Wide base trailer tyres used in regional applications are used under tough operating conditions and must cope with endless tight turns and manoeuvring. The result can often be irregular wear patterns, and Bandag had this in mind when it began developing the new tyre. Several prototypes, hundreds of test tyres and many millions of test kilometres later, Bandag introduced a product it believes performs well in all circumstances.

4th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan 63-inch Radial Gets OK

Titan Tire has released its new 63-inch steel-belted radial OTR tyre to full production at its Bryan, Ohio, plant. The 59/80R63 radials will begin full production as of July 7.

“We believe this is the beginning of a change in the specialty tyre and wheel business worldwide,” said Titan Chairman and CEO Morry Taylor. “This tyre should out-perform any tyre out there and we think as production moves forward, we should continue to find more ways to improve these giant tyres.

3rd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Shandong Linglong Looks to Increased Capacity, Sales

Shandong Linglong will soon be exporting high performance tyres from its new factory, commented company representatives at the Reifen exhibition. Work started on the £100 million 40,000 square metre facility last year and progress is said to be at an advanced stage. Full capacity at the plant should be reached by 2010, at which time it will have an annual output of 10 million tyres, bringing the company’s total capacity to 30 million pieces.

2nd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Triangle Presents Diamond Back Range at Reifen

In its more than three decades of operation Triangle Tire has grown to become one of China’s top tyre manufacturers in terms of output. Annually the company produces, says Triangle, around 20 million units. Of this figure, radials account for as much as 16.5 million units, and the company claims to be the largest tyre manufacturer and exporter in China.

At the Reifen show sales manager Victor Wang spoke with Tyres & Accessories about numerous recent developments at Triangle Tire. Of particular significance, commented Mr. Wang, is a new product line introduced by the company. Called Diamond Back, the passenger car and SUV range is available in four distinct patterns, including the UHP TR968. Boasting some 20 sizes between 17 and 24-inches, the W and V speed rated range offers, says Mr. Wang, low rolling resistance, a high grip tread compound and rim protection flange on the sidewall.

1st July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

CITEXPO Filling Fast

The 6th CITEXPO will be again held at Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center September 17-19, with nearly 300 exhibitors showcasing their latest products and technology including radial tyres, bias tyres, wheels/rims, tyre maintenance equipments, retread materials and equipments, tyre production material and equipment and other related products.

According to the organiser of CITEXPO, Reliable International Exhibition Services Co., the two original exhibition halls have already been fully occupied by new and rebooking exhibitors at this early stage. In order to fulfill the overwhelming demand by the exhibitors, a new hall has been opened for accommodating more exhibitors and their products.

30th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Good Times At Goodway Rubber

Goodway Rubber has been enjoying some good times over the past few years and the message from Group CEO Mr. Tai Boon Wee is that the company’s business grew by 33 per cent in 2007.

Ms Alison Wong has recently been appointed Chief Operating Officer, having overseen what are described as “unprecedented sales” during her last two years as Managing Director. The current high price of oil is impacting negatively on all sectors of industry – notably transportation and logistics, but Alison Wong, quoted in the Goodway corporate magazine Khronicle, suggests that retreading is one way to ease this pressure. She says: “Retreading is cost-efficient as a reusable resource and value for money. We can turn this threat into an opportunity with our established reputation for premium quality retreads that consistently deliver high performance, durability and safety.”

30th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo to Expand Capacity at South Africa Facilities

Capacity at Apollo Tyres’ South African facilities will rise by one fifth following a £12.9 million investment in its wholly owned Dunlop Tyres International (Pty) Ltd, South Africa (DTIPL) facilities in Ladysmith and Durban. “We are expanding the capacities of both the South African facilities by approximately 20 per cent during this fiscal at an estimated investment of 200 [million] South African Rand,” stated a senior Apollo Tyres official.

At present the combined capacity of the two factories is approximately 180 to 190 tonnes per day – a 30 to 40 tonne per d ay increase on levels two years ago. The majority of production is focused upon truck and bus radial products, with 15 per cent of capacity used to manufacture OTR tyres for the mining sector. These last products are mainly sold in Europe, Australia and South Africa.

30th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors